by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 5, 2021 | Health, Indian News, Policy
Thiruvananthapuram: After a 12-year-old boy from nearby Mavoor died of Nipah in the wee hours on Sunday, local authorities have geared up to check any further spread of the dreaded virus in Kozhikode and surrounding areas. The Kozhikode Medical college hospital...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 4, 2021 | Health, Indian News, Policy
New Delhi: Revising the 'National List of Essential Medicines' (NLEM), the central govenrment has slashed the prices of 39 commonly used drugs. The prices were slashed for the anti-cancer, anti-diabetes, antiviral, antibacterial, antiretroviral, anti-TB drugs,...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 4, 2021 | Facts, Health, Regulation
New Delhi: Food safety regulator FSSAI on Saturday directed e-commerce companies to delist immediately the non-dairy and plant-based beverages that have label claiming as 'dairy' products. The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), in a...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 4, 2021 | Indian News, Non-Life
Mumbai/New Delhi On Saturday, the centre has appointed Satyajit Tripathy,57, director, New India Assurance(NIA), as the CMD of Chennai based United India Insurance(UII), the second largest general insurer in the country. The Appointments Committee of the...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 4, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Policy
New Delhi: Weak contract enforcement is the ''single biggest hurdle'' for economic growth and the Narendra Modi government will be focusing on legal and administrative reforms in the remainder of its term till 2024, a senior finance ministry...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 4, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Life, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi: One in every two families paid over Rs 750 for the COVID antibody test in India, said a survey. The online survey has been conducted LocalCircles, a community social media platform. The purpose behind conducting the survey was to know the percentage...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 4, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Technology
New Delhi: Internet major Google on Friday said it firmly sees itself as a partner to the existing financial ecosystem in India and that instances of partnerships being described as Google Pay's offerings fuel misinterpretation. While the company did not elaborate...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 3, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Non-Life, Technology
New Delhi: India has revised its proposed $8 billion scheme for the auto sector which will now focus on incentivising companies to build electric and hydrogen fuel-powered vehicles, two sources familiar with the plan told Reuters. This is a significant shift...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 3, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Non-Life
Hyderabad, Sept 03: The final regulatory approval, facilitating the take over of Bharti Axa General Insurance by ICICI Lombard General Insurance, has come in as the Hyderabad based Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (Irdai) on...
by AIP Online Bureau | Sep 3, 2021 | Indian News, Risk Management, Technology
Mumbai: The country's largest car maker Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) on Friday said it is recalling 181,754 units of petrol trims of various models, including Ciaz, Vitara Brezza and XL6, to replace faulty motor generator unit. As a responsible corporate, keeping in...